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News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2001
Cypress and Agilent aim for optical mice
Cypress Semiconductor and Agilent Technologies are to jointly develop the electronics for next-generation optical mice.
Cypress Semiconductor and Agilent Technologies are to jointly develop the electronics for next-generation optical mice Agilent will develop optical mouse sensors designed to work exclusively with Cypress microcontrollers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cypress, in turn, will develop microcontrollers with USB and PS/2 interfaces that will work exclusively with Agilent optical mouse sensors.
The two companies will jointly promote the combinations of sensors and controllers, but will independently manufacture and sell the products for the OEM and retail markets.
The combination of the two industry leading companies will help to maintain low costs as well as provide customised products.
Optical solutions for mice have gained favour as technological advances have made them more economical to manufacture.
The quality and longevity of optical mouse sensors are superior to the standard mechanical-wheel approach.
Agilent, which pioneered optical position sensing for mouse technology, is shipping these products to all of the leading optical mouse manufacturers worldwide.
The company has shipped over 20 million optical sensors for corded mice to date.
The technology works by taking thousands of pictures per second with a resolution of 800 counts per inch, then comparing the pictures to determine the cursor movement.
Cypress Semiconductor is leveraging the success of its enCoRe (enhanced component reduction) technology.
The new microcontrollers being developed will have the same high level of integration as the current enCoRe families, resulting in a lower system cost.
Cypress is the USB market-share leader, having shipped more than 90 million units to date.
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